String Quartet Concert at Garden City Community College
Wichita State University Fairmount String Quartet performs at 7 30 p m Sept 29 in Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building auditorium. Sponsored by GCCC Music Department Garden City USD 457 and Kansas Arts Commission with enrichment activities for students. Tickets $5 by reservation through GCCC box office 275 3244. pickup Sept 26 4 p m to Sept 29 7 30 p m. unsold tickets sold at the door.
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Wichita State University
Fairmount String Quartet
Pauline Joyce
Fine Arts
Coolidge Picnic Set for Sunday at City Hall Park
The annual Coolidge picnic will begin at 12 30 p m Sunday at the Coolidge City Hall Park. The potluck event is open to the public.
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Coolidge
Coolidge City Hall
State revenues beat forecast in Kansas run
Kansas revenue collections rose about 2 percent through August with 738 million dollars for July and August, 13.7 million above projections. Tax receipts exceeded estimates led by individual income and retail sales, aiding education funding amid ongoing school funding lawsuits and possible higher next-year requirements.
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Topeka
Kansas
Legislative Research Department
Dodge City
Salina
Kansas Supreme Court
Garden City district reports mixed state assessment results
Garden City USD 457 board reviews state tests showing math progress across district and groups but reading scores lag at two middle and high schools and students with disabilities miss the mark districtwide. Superintendent notes 2004 reading scores were possibly inflated due to allowed resources. new year tests had no aids. Board weighs focus balance, staff confidence, and summer school program impact including Books on the Bus site visits.
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Garden City
USD 457 Board of Education
NCLB
Michael Brom
Bram
Gail Dunford
Dunford
John Scheppner
Schwatken
Garden City woman drives into U-Pump-It store
Wanda Burns, 60, of 2601 W Mary St Apt 516, drove a 1991 Dodge Caravan into the north wall of U-Pump-It at 112 E Kansas Ave causing substantial damage but no injuries. An employee was inside but unharmed. Burns wore a seat belt and no citations were issued. A Garden City man and woman repair crew worked to stand a temporary post after the crash.
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Dick Construction
Jace Downer
Rene Leyva
U-Pump-It
Kansas
Garden City
Wanda Burns
W. Mary St
Apt
Mike Utz
Utz
Burns
Lakin man charged with rape and sodomy in District Court
Jeremy Ward a 27 year old Lakin man was charged in Kearny County District Court with rape aggravated criminal sodomy aggravated assault criminal threat and domestic battery after an alleged Friday incident at his home. Ward was arrested armed with a knife and remains in custody with bond set at 100000. His next court date is 10 a.m. September 13.
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Lakin
Kearny County
Ward
Sheriff’s Office
Inci
Jarboe
Kobach weighs bid to challenge Sebelius in Kansas
Kansas conservative Kris Kobach, former foe of Dennis Moore, weighs a gubernatorial run as he surveys GOP support. The University of Missouri KC professor lives in Overlandia and has Harvard, Yale, and Oxford credentials. Kobach notes party interest but says he will consider all options while Gov. Kathleen Sebelius contemplates reelection.
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Topeka
Hns
Kris Kobach
U.S
Dennis Moore
Kansas
Kobach
University of Missouri At
Kansas City
Overlandia
Becent Moore
Perc Kobach
Adam Taff
Doug Mays
Mays
Princi
Harvard University
Oxford University
Yale University
Kathleen Sebelius
Eight-year-old donates garage sale proceeds to zoo
Ben Arteaga, an 8-year-old Lincoln Elementary third grader, gave $200 to the Lee Richardson Zoo to fund new jaguar and mountain lion exhibits. His family held a summer garage sale, selling toys and clothes to raise the money. Ben hopes for a hippo or white lion and plans another fundraiser to reach $300. He aspires to be a biologist and then a zoologist.
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Lee Richardson
Ben Arteaga
Lincoln
Liberal
Pamela
Benjamin
Ben
Animal Planet
Pamela Arteaga
Hauschild
Lee Richardson Zoo
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Sebelius
Zoo
Colorado Springs
Colo
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Carol Hauschild
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Richardson
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